Hearing Aid Resource for Consumers

What You Should Know About Hearing Loss

Hearing loss is second only to arthritis as the most common complaint of older adults

Only about 5% of hearing losses are improved by surgery or other medical treatment

The vast majority of hearing loss (95%) can be treated with hearing aids

The majority of people with nerve deafness are helped with hearing aids

Only 15% of physicians routinely screen for hearing loss. Ask your doctor for a hearing screening since it is not a routine part of physical exams.

The vast majority of hospitals now offer newborn hearing screening before discharge from the hospital

Even a mild hearing loss can seriously impact a child's ability to learn in a school environment.

Successful treatment of hearing loss with hearing aids is associated with greater earning power

Treatment of hearing loss will improve interpersonal relationships

Most public places (i.e. movie theatres, place of worship, government building, schools) are required under the American with Disabilities Act to provide assistive listening devices for the hard-of-hearing

1 in 4 workers exposed to high levels of noise will develop a hearing loss

A live rock concert produces sounds from 110 to 120 decibels'easily high enough to cause permanent damage to hearing over a 2 to 3 hour period. If you have pain in your ears after leaving a noisy area or you hear ringing or buzzing in your ears immediately after exposure to noise consider this a warning sign that the sounds are TOO LOUD.